Process for making hand-tools.



G. A. WOOD. PROCESS FOR MAKING HAND TOOLS. APPHCATION FILED FEB.25,1914.

Patented May 11, 1915;

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' GEORGE A, WOOD, 0F SOUTHINGTOImCONNECd'ICU'E.

PROCESS FOR MAKING ND-TOOLS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 11,19215.

Application filed February 25, 19M. Qerial No. 820,989.

To all whom it may concern I Be it known that l, GEORGE A. Wooo, acitizen of the United States, residing at Southington, in the county of.Hartford and State of Connecticut, have invented a new and ImprovedProcess for Making Hand-Tools, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention relates more especially to that class of hand tools inwhich a handle is rigidly secured at one end of the tool, the oppositeend of which constitutes the operative part, such as a screw driver,chisel or the like, and an object of my invention, among others, is toprovide a tool of this class in which the handle shall be firmly securedin place and in which there shall be no perceptible line of divisionbetween the tool bolster and ferrule.

One form of tool embodying my invention and in the construction and useof which the objects herein set out, as well as others, mav be attained,is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure", .1 is aside view of a portion of a tool and handle secured thereto inaccordance with my invention, and with parts broken away to showconstruction. Fig. 2 is an end view of the same. Fig. 3 is a detail viewshowing the form of the metal piece in a preliminary step in theoperation. Fig. 4 is an end view of the same.

In the accompanying drawings the numeral 6 indicates the blade of atool, as of a screw driver, 7 the bolster, and 8 the stem or shankextending through the handle. A head 9 at the end of the shank may beemployed to secure the handle 10 in place.

In constructin a tool according to mv invention the ferrule 11 is formedintegral with the bolster 7 so that there is no joint between theferrule and bolster, and the exposed metallic art of the tool willalways present a smooth continuous surface. The end112 of the toolhandle will be inserted into the socket formed by the ferrule, and thehandlemay be secured in any desired manner, it not being absolutelyessential that the head 9 shall be employed for this purpose.

In constructing my improved tool I employ a piece of stock, one part 13of which will constitute'the blade and upon which a flange 1a is made inany desired manner,

the part 15 extending on the opposite side of the flange from the bladebeing intended for the shank. The flange 14 is then turned up into a cupshape, as shown in Fig. l, and the parts are then finished, the bladebeing formed into such tool as may be desired and the bolster andferrule being-fin} ished to proper shape.

l contemplate, in one form of tool, that that part of the stock intendedfor the bolster shall be swelled as denoted by the numeral 16 in Fig. 3of the drawing, and this will enable, in some instances, an increase inthe depth of the socket into which the end 12 of the handle is inserted,by producing, as with a cutting tool, a groove in the bottom of thesocket about the base of the shank l5, and as shown in dotted lines inFig. 3 of the drawing. lhis is not material to my invention, but it maybe made use of in some instances where a hollow milling tool may beemployed to finish the inside of the ferrule, the milling tool beinginserted down into this swelled part of the bolster to produce thegroove. In most instances I contemplate that the entire tool, includingthe ferrule, shall be formed by forging, or like process.

While I have shown and described here in the preferred steps for makingmy improved tool, and have also shown the latter in its preferred form,these steps and the construction of the tool may be changed to a greateror lesser degree and yet be within the spirit and intent of theinvention.

I claim 1. The process of making a tool that consists in forming alateral flange upon a rod of stock at a distance from each end thereofwith a shank upon one side of said flange, and then turning said flangeto form axis coincident with that of said stock, and formi a cut in theenlarged part and below sai flange, said out constituting a continuation of 5 flange. I

3. The process of making a tool that consists in forming an enlargementupon a rod of stock at a distance from each endtherethe socket formed bythe

